YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1994 - SECT 121

YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1994 - SECT 121

121 .         Minimum period before release from detention

        (1)         If a court sentences a young person to detention for 12 months or less, the offender is to remain in custody for 50% of the term to which the offender was sentenced before the offender can be released under a supervised release order.

        (2)         When sentencing an offender to detention for more than 12 months, the court may set a minimum period for which the offender is to remain in custody before the offender can be released under a supervised release order.

        (3)         The minimum period set by the court cannot be less than the period determined as follows —

       

                where

        “P”         is the period to be determined (in months);

        “T”         is the term of custody (in months) to which the offender was sentenced.

        (4)         If the court does not set a different minimum period, the offender is to remain in custody for 50% of the term to which the offender was sentenced before the offender can be released under a supervised release order.

        [(5)         deleted]

        (6)         This section does not apply in respect of a sentence imposed by a special order.

        [Section 121 amended: No. 29 of 1998 s. 23.]